Teen Film: A Critical Introduction Contributor(s): Driscoll, Catherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 1847886876 ISBN-13: 9781847886873 Publisher: Berg Publishers OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Art | Film & Video - Performing Arts | Film - History & Criticism - Social Science | Children's Studies |
Dewey: 791.430 |
LCCN: 2011011229 |
Series: Berg Film Genres |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.6" W x 8.6" (1.65 lbs) 192 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: What makes a film a teen film? And why, when it represents such powerful discussed as a representation of the changing American teenager, highlighting the institutions of high school and the nuclear family, and experiments in sexual development and identity formation. But not every film featuring these components is a teen film and not every teen film is American. Arguing that teen film is always a story about becoming a citizen and a subject, Teen Film presents a new history of the genre, surveys the existing body of scholarship, and introduces key critical tools for discussing teen film. Surveying a wide range of films including The Wild One, Heathers, Akira and Donnie Darko, the book's central focus is on what kind of adolescence teen film represents, and on teen film's capacity to produce new and influential images of adolescence. |